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From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <hps@intermeta.de>
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Subject: Re: Proper way to release binary driver?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:11:12 +0000 (UTC)
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> We had hoped that MODVERSIONS would allow us to provide a single (or at
>> most a few) binary driver. Kernels with even minor version numbers are
>> supposed to be stable (even if they are buggy) ie. not have wildly
>> changing kernel interfaces.

>They have a stable API. THe ABI thing is an irrelevance to free software.
>avoiding the ABI compatibility mess is one of the great things free
>software lets you do.

^free^open source

	Ciao
		Henning


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